I just created a “widget” for the blogs I follow and thought I would tell you about them.

The first is [BTW]: Ben Trube, Writer, written by my son who is my mentor when it comes to this thing of blogging.  Ben is a software developer who has recently released a book on Fractal Programming in several e-versions.  He has aspirations as a fiction writer and one of the things he does on his blog is write 40 minute stories.  We have some overlapping interests, particularly in the area of the move from print content to digital readers as an increasing or even primary way we read.

By Their Strange Fruit is a blog exploring various facets of racial justice and reconciliation efforts within the Christian community and is edited by good friend Katelin.  Her posts and her thinking constantly make me re-examine my assumptions and actions around these issues.

Hearts and Minds Bookstore in Dallastown, PA sounds like one of the most fabulous Christian bookstores you could ever visit.  I’ve never been to the store but have met the owners, Byron and Beth Borger at conferences and I so appreciate all they do to make thoughtful writing from a Christian perspective available to a wide public.  Their “Booknotes” blog regularly brings to my attention new releases to which I may want to give attention.  And almost anything featured is available for order at a discount.

The Englewood Review of Books, which I mentioned yesterday combines reviews of books with updates about discounted e-books available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.  Many of their recommendations are for Christian works but they also post reviews and links for other classic works, including many works available for free download.

The last that I will mention today is The Emerging Scholars Blog.  This blog provides lots of interesting articles, reviews, and reflections on living as a person of faith in academia.  I’ve had several pieces posted there.

So what are some of the blogs you are following?